Show #1941 1993-02-01 (taped 1992-10-27) Regular

Contestants

Barbara Sontz — a computer consultant from New York City, New York

Emily Zehmer — a librarian originally from McKenney, Virginia

Ira Goodkofsky — a data processing manager originally from New Haven, Connecticut

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Ira $200 $1,600 $1,600 $0
3rd place: Imperial wall coverings + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System & Sega Genesis
$3,600
15 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)
Emily $1,200 $2,900 $4,700 $500
2nd place: trip on Delta to Savannah, Georgia & stay at The Westin Resort on Hilton Head, South Carolina
$4,700
18 R, 5 W
Barbara $1,200 $3,000 $4,400 $5,600
New champion: $5,600
$4,000
17 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC NAMES MEDICAL TERMS TOYS & GAMES THE CARIBBEAN PEAS "Q"s
$100 [13]
In 1955, at 80, he resigned as British prime minister because of age
Churchill
Emily
$100 [1]
This soft tissue found inside bones can be red or yellow
marrow
Emily
$100 [3]
This toy which has entertained generations of kids is nothing more than 67' of coiled steel
a Slinky
Ira
$100 [24]
Montserrat is "The Emerald Isle of the West" because it was settled by people from this country
Ireland
Ira
$100 [2]
A pair of objects that are exactly alike are described as this
peas in a pod
Barbara
$100 [18]
Talks like a duck
quack
Emily
$200 [14]
Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian, was one of the Americans who raised the flag over this island in 1945
Iwo Jima
Emily
$200 [4]
It was once common to perform an adenoidectomy along with this procedure
a tonsillectomy
Barbara
$200 [5]
In chess this piece is often represented by a miter
a Bishop
Barbara
$200 [25]
In 1902 Mt. Pelee, one of these, reportedly left only 1 survivor in St. Pierre, Martinique
a volcano
Barbara
$200 [8]
Without any alteration, a drinking straw can be turned into this weapon
a peashooter
Barbara
$200 [20]
It's the only provincial capital in Canada that fits the category
Quebec
Emily
$300 [15]
Nicknamed "Machine Gun" & declared Public Enemy No. 1, he never killed anyone
(George "Machine Gun") Kelly
Emily
$300 [11]
If you suffer from keratitis, this part of the eye is inflamed
the cornea
Emily
$400 [7]
This stereoscopic toy with 3-D reels made its debut at the 1939 New York World's Fair
a View-Master
Emily
$300 [26]
Ginger, Salt & Beef are among the islands with tasty names in this "chaste" British group
the British Virgin Islands
Ira Emily
$300 [9]
It's the transportation for "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat"
a beautiful pea-green boat
Ira
$300 [21]
In Spanish this punctuation symbol is also used upside-down in front of a sentence
a question mark
Barbara
$400 [16]
When this man became regent to the crown of Ethiopia, Heruy Walda Sellase became Foreign Minister
Haile Selassie
Barbara
$400 [12]
In a hiatal hernia, part of this organ is sticking through the diaphragm
the stomach
Emily
DD $500 [6]
At $60 apiece, these 2 properties are the least expensive on a Monopoly board
Mediterranean & Baltic
Barbara
$400 [27]
This British naval hero was married on the Caribbean island of Nevis in 1787
Admiral Nelson
Emily
$400 [10]
A fairy tale says a girl who can feel a pea thru 20 mattresses & 20 feather beds is a real one of these
a princess
Ira
$400 [22]
Politician quoted as saying, "We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world"
Quayle
Barbara
$500 [17]
This founder of the Boy Scouts got the nickname "The Butterfly Spy" during the Boer War
Lord Baden-Powell
Ira
$500 [29]
It's the term for any pain-relieving substance like aspirin or acetaminophen
an analgesic
Emily
$500 [28]
In this game a complete hand of tiles usually consists of 4 chows, pungs or kongs & a pair
mahjong
Emily
$500 [30]
It's the "C" of the ABC islands, or the liqueur that's made there
Curaçao
Barbara
$500 [19]
Essential in Chinese cooking, you can eat it pod & all (though you should trim the tips before using)
a snow pea
Emily
$500 [23]
Outlaw Frank James was part of this man's Confederate group of Raiders
Quantrill
Ira

Double Jeopardy! Round

DOUGLAS MacARTHUR PUBLISHING BIRDS ROYALTY THE ITALIAN CINEMA 1959
$200 [1]
In 1919 MacArthur became superintendent of this military school
West Point
Ira
$200 [11]
Blue & Gray magazine is "For those who still hear the guns" of this war
the Civil War
Emily
$200 [24]
1 Kings 10:22 mentions that this "proud" bird was among the treasures brought to King Solomon
the peacock
Ira
$200 [16]
While many countries have kings as heads of state, Monaco & Liechtenstein have these
princes
Barbara
$200 [21]
Her son Carlo Ponti, Jr. played her baby in the 1970 film "Sunflower"
Sophia Loren
Barbara
$200 [6]
Fong & Long became the first senators from this state to sit in Congress
Hawaii
Ira
$400 [2]
Like his father, Arthur, Douglas won this highest U.S. military decoration
the Congressional Medal of Honor
Ira Emily
$400 [12]
If you know that this publisher was born in Hungary in 1847, you deserve a "Prize"
(Joseph) Pulitzer
Emily Barbara
$400 [25]
Legend says that the arrival of this bird which nests on roofs & chimneys brings good luck
a stork
Ira
$400 [17]
England's King James I was born in this castle in the Scottish city of the same name
Edinburgh
Emily
$400 [22]
"Tasty" term for the savage sagebrush sagas that were often directed by Sergio Leone
Spaghetti Westerns
Ira
$400 [7]
This building was put on the back of the penny
the Lincoln Memorial
Ira
$600 [3]
His boldness during this war got him the nickname "D'Artagnan of the AEF"
World War I
Emily
$600 [13]
The original motto of this magazine for women over 40 was "for the woman who wasn't born yesterday"
Lear's
Ira Emily Barbara
$600 [26]
The best talker among these birds is the African gray species
a parrot
Ira
$600 [18]
This country's longest-reigning monarch, King Gustav V, ruled from 1907-1950
Sweden
Ira Barbara
$600 [23]
In 1960 he directed his first international hit, "L'avventura"; "Blow-Up" came 6 years later
Antonioni
Emily Barbara
$600 [8]
After selling fewer than 110,000 of them, Ford discontinued this innovative car
the Edsel
Barbara
$800 [4]
MacArthur signed the Japanese surrender for the Allies on this battleship in Tokyo Bay
the Missouri
Emily
$800 [14]
She was still editor in chief of Vanity Fair when she was named Magazine editor of the Year in 1988
Tina Brown
$800 [28]
This yellow-bellied woodpecker drills holes in the bark of trees in neat horizontal rows
the sapsucker
Barbara
$800 [19]
Anna of Austria, the fourth wife of this country's King Philip II, was also his cousin
Spain
Barbara
$800 [9]
Singer J.P. Richardson, nicknamed this, was killed in a small plane crash February 3
The Big Bopper
Ira
$1,000 [5]
MacArthur was in this country when he announced he would return to the Philippines
Australia
Ira Barbara
DD $1,200 [15]
Once an assistant to Diana Vreeland, this editor now has a chic women's magazine named for herself
(Grace) Mirabella
Barbara
$1,000 [27]
Species of this bird include Japanese, Bohemian & Cedar
waxwings
$1,000 [20]
This current monarch was only 20 years old when he became the 5th king of the Belgians in 1951
Baudouin
Ira Emily
DD $2,000 [10]
May 24, 4 days after receiving the Medal of Freedom, this former Secretary of State died
John Foster Dulles
Ira

Final Jeopardy!

ORGANIZATIONS

This service organization's name comes from American Indian dialect meaning "we make ourselves known"

Kiwanis International

Ira "What is Optimas" — wagered $1,600
Barbara "What is the Kiwanas?" — wagered $1,200
Emily "What is Skelly Galley?" — wagered $4,200

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